Multi-Modal Transport Planning  is a planning problem of 4th-party logistics. It covers the door-to-door movement of goods/services along a supply chain through multi-modal trade lanes subject to many constraints such as route capacity, transportation cost, transportation mode...

Unlike traditional Transport Planning, Multi-Modal Transport Planning involves the combination of various transport facilities in an efficient way for the purpose of reducing intermediate storage cost and transit time. The main objectives are to optimize transit routes, maximize quantity of on-time delivery, minimize transportation cost in safe conditions and agreed schedules...

Users can carry out flexible interaction (insertion, deletion, and move) on maps and Gantt chart at all levels of planning in an optimal way. 

Constraints: 

Transport mode: air, rail, road, ship

Vendor (supply) capacity

Route (transport) capacity 

Transportation schedule 

Time windows...

Objectives:

Maximizing quantity of on-time delivery

Minimizing transportation costs

Optimizing transportation network...

Typical applications: 

Express mail/parcel delivery

Freight forwarding...